I do have to admit that i cheated a bit by having a 28-30 bottom gear. Honestly i'm not that fit, i reckon any half serious rider could do it, just a matter of keeping the food and motivation up. Certainly brought down to earth by my recovery ride tonight, only 8 points .

When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments- Elizabeth West.

Norbs, with the amount you have ridden so far this year, I'd dare to say you are far from unfit.And with those kms under your belt, a ride like the Alpine Classic would certainly not be out of your league.

I don't know what you blokes are whinging about. Most of my rides are flat out getting into double digits because of the sheer flatness of the landscape in my part of the world...even a 200 plus km ride in a day around here would only rate in high 20s low 30's (and it'd damn near kill me)

hannos wrote:Norbs, with the amount you have ridden so far this year, I'd dare to say you are far from unfit.And with those kms under your belt, a ride like the Alpine Classic would certainly not be out of your league.

And there's a NPCCI of 100+

Or 3PC, which is 108.63...

For NPCCI chasers there is always Fitz's 255 km in late October... I'm doing the 205 km version; but I doubt whether that will be a higher NPCCI than 3PC.

ldrcycles wrote:Very nearly got my first KOM this morning, only one second short . If there hadn't been a headwind i reckon i would have had it.

It's those close ones, or second places, that really bug and motivate you. Soon!

+1

I've only got 1 KOM (I hold it by 1 second but it's 1600kms away so can't do anything about it). I'm second on one after a huge effort last week by 1 damn second. The guy leading it is a VERY VERY good rider. To be within 1 second of him, I'm happy. But damn it, I'm going to find that time!

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